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Generating a Batch Capture List from Cinema Tools
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• You don't want to drop any frames while capturing because that can result in an incorrect cut list and will interfere with the reverse telecine process. • If your video has non-drop frame timecode, make sure that Non-Drop Frame is chosen from the Default Timecode pop-up menu in the Final Cut Pro Device Control Presets tab. A quick way to do this is to choose DV-NDF in the Easy Setup dialog in Final Cut Pro. (Refer to the Final Cut Pro documentation for more details about using Easy Setups.) • The naming of the source clips is important because you will need to connect clips to database records. To make the connection process as smooth as possible, use an easy naming scheme with the scene and take identifiers. For example, the clip for scene 33, take 1 could be named "33-1." Hyphens are fine in a clip name, but do not use a slash (/) or colon (:). Generating a Batch Capture List from Cinema Tools If you have a video deck or camera with device control, such as a DV-format camera with FireWire or a high-end video deck or camera, batch capturing is the most convenient way to bring media into your computer. With batch capture, you connect a video deck or camera to your computer and, based on a Cinema Tools-generated list of the source clips, Final Cut Pro copies all of the source clips from the tape to your computer. In other words, when you use batch capture, you do not need to use your video deck or camera to manually locate each source clip before you capture it with Final Cut Pro. To set up a batch capture, you specify the clips you want to capture (after your Cinema Tools database has been created) and Cinema Tools generates a list based on the information in the database. After you import this batch capture list into Final Cut Pro, those source clips appear in the Browser as offline clips, meaning they are logged and ready to be batch captured. When your source media is on multiple tapes, you can still use batch capture. When you begin the batch capture, you see a list of all the video reels needed. When all the clips from one reel are captured, you are prompted to select another reel. Chapter 7 Capturing Source Clips and Connecting Them to the Database 109